3(c) Harp Style - CD Examples and Chords

Examples

The tablature and tunes from the Night Fishing and A Winter's Tale CDs have
many examples of the harp technique. Nearly every
tune uses it to some extent. Here are some
interesting examples to look at and try out.

Tune Name

Harpy Bits

Album Name

A Winter’s Tale

Measures 1 to 16

A Winter's Tale

Tromso

Measures 6 to 11

A Winter's Tale

The Ullapool Decision

Measures 1 to 19

Night Fishing

Airwell

Measures 21 to 44

Night Fishing

Night Fishing

All

Night Fishing

Sleep

All

Night Fishing

Eleven Icebergs

Measures 67 to 92

Night Fishing

Harpy Chords

To help get some new ideas working quickly here
are some interesting chord shapes that are suited to
harp style guitar. There is no need to hold the full
chord down during a run. The harp effect works as
long as at least one note is sounding at any time.
Fingers can be lifted off once played to free the
left hand to move towards the next fingerings or
positions.

An example of this can be found in the tablature for “Night Fishing” at
measure 9 which uses the Bmin7,add9 chord below which expands the fingering into
the top strings. Another very similar example is “Airwell” at measure 26.